Vintage ‘Joy’ Jewelry: Who, When, and Where?
The world of vintage costume jewelry often contains mysteries, as my own quest for the elusive 1930s Mystery Jewelry Maker’s …
Category Archives: Jewelry
The Chocolate Lover’s Jewelry Box: Chocolate Pearls
This next resident of our hypothetical ‘chocolate’ jewelry box is best approached with more than a teaspoonful of caveat emptor …
The Chocolate Lover’s Jewelry Box: Chocolate Opals
The words ‘chocolate’ and ‘opal’ don’t usually pair in most jewelry aficionados’ minds – considering that their wondrous play of …
Mystery Jewelry Maker: Maybes, Wannabes, and an Oddity
In the course of my ongoing research into the Mystery Jewelry Maker, I sometimes come across items that fall into …
The Chocolate Lover’s Jewelry Box: Chocolate Diamonds
For someone who was once enough of a chocoholic to actually create a ‘chocolate garden’ planting bed – but who …
Black Opals: Are They All Truly Natural?
Although opal is often regarded as the ‘Queen of Gems’ there is also – as in any royal family – …
Autumn 2019 Mystery Jewelry Maker Update
Not many ‘new’ Mystery Jewelry Maker examples have surfaced in recent months, but there have been a few; they include …
Mystery Jewelry Maker Winter 2019 Update, Including Patterned Mesh and A Small Hope Dashed
It’s been a while since my last MJM update, so this instalment contains two ‘new faces’ as well as newfound …
